Front Tire Shimmying
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Front Tire Shimmying
I have a 2006, F150. It has those chrome clad rims, 17" I have had 4 sets of tires, and cannot get the front tires to quit shimmying at 70mph. I have had the tires balanced many many times.
Is there another culprit??
Is there another culprit??
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I have an '04 STX F150 and mine does the same thing. It doesn't do it all the time. It happens about once every other month. When it does this I have to pull over and come to a complete stop and then I am good for the rest of my trip. My guess is it could be a front wheel bearing going out. I also noticed when I turn the wheel all the way to the right I can hear a growling noise coming from up front. I plan to replace my front rotors and bearings very soon and hopefully that will solve the problem.
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I had the same exact problem! I would drive at speeds up to 70 mph and the wheels would be perfect. Once I got to 70 or more the front wheels would cause the steering wheel to vibrate like the rim was out of balance. I had the front rotors shaved and new brake pads put on and the shimmy is gone. I would check the front caliper, cv joints, brakes etc. All of this as long as your balance is OK.
Hope you get it worked out.!
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there are many possibilities for the tire shake, bent rim, unbalanced driveshaft, broken belts inside the tire. try rotating the tires and see if the shimmy follows the tires or stays in the front end.then you can go from there.
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I still have my tire shimmy as I was going downhill before and it stopped. I drove flat and uphill this time and it did shimmy so I talked to a special Ford expert and he said you need to have the tires "road force" balanced to give the tire a more "real world" application. He said that is the only true way to get the vehicle to stop as it will have certain spots in the tire that need to be identified and this is the only way.
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